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Weightlifting, nutrition, paleolithic and "Zone" dieting, weight loss, my workouts, and reflections and reviews of various related topics that interest me. But mostly, I just use this blog to track my workouts.

If anything I have posted seems useful to you, let me know with a comment.

About Me

I'm a level I "sports performance certified" USAW coach, and I train, and work as an assistant coach at Asheville Strength and Conditioning, a great little gym here in Asheville, N.C.

I work with clients who want to get strong and fit, and specialize in helping older, detrained individuals reclaim their fitness and youthful athleticism.

Also, it should be said that I used to train with, and still love many of the folks down at CrossFit Asheville. A lot of the older portions of this blog deals with CrossFit and reflects my earlier fascination with CrossFit's "fitness as sport" model of training. I've learned a lot from CrossFit since I first discovered it, back in late 2008, even though my own training is now more focused on developing pure strength and capacity in the basic strength lifts.

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Workouts \• February 16, 2009

"Fran" #1

“Fran” is number 6 of the original 6 CrossFit benchmark workouts called collectively “The Girls” (see CrossFit Journal September 2003), and it also happens to be the most revered of them all. Today was my first encounter with her and I think I hate her or love her, I don’t know. I can’t do the [...]

Workouts \• February 13, 2009

"Bad Luck"

3 rounds for time: 800 meter run 10 Handstand Pushups 20 Kettleball Swings I came in first among three, but I used a lighter Kettlebell (25#) and had heavy rubber band assistance on the handstand pushup. Time: 14:28 min. After: Day 2 of burpee/pullup challenge: 4 burpees, 2 (failed) pullups, 2 (weak, short) bar hangs, [...]

Workouts \• February 12, 2009

Deadlifts #1 (Matt)

About my first personal record in the Deadlift.

hi mom!